Craig Powell is an international commercial litigation specialist acting for major national and international clients across the media, pharmaceutical, banking and financial services, health, food and beverage, energy, and superannuation industries.
Craig specialises in complex international and national commercial disputes, class action defences, and brand and reputation protection matters. Craig has acted for statutory corporations, multinational corporates, and high-profile media entities in high stakes proceedings in the Supreme Court, Federal Court, and High Court and International Court of Arbitration for Sport. Craig is regularly called upon to manage urgent interlocutory applications, coronial inquiries, and regulatory investigations involving intense media scrutiny, and is known for integrating commercial, legal, and reputational strategies.
Craig has been consistently recognised by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for his expertise in commercial dispute resolution. Craig is engaged to consult and advise on the conduct of ‘bet the farm’ litigation and delivers risk management training to client boards.
Expertise
Experience
- Various Clients Advising Pharmaceutical, FMCG, Banking, Financial Services, Superannuation and Property industry clients and Statutory Corporations in Class Action Defences.
- Leading media, banking and FMCG clients Advising in complex multi-party commercial disputes in the Federal Court and State Supreme Courts regarding substantial financial, reputational and brand integrity disputes.
- Two Australian TV networks Advising two Australian TV networks and the NSW Government in groundbreaking NSW Supreme Court proceedings over the licensing of over 300 transmission sites with multiple users.
- Multinational chemical/pharmaceutical companies Providing advice in obtaining urgent injunctions restraining competitors from broadcasting national advertising campaigns which involve alleged misleading ‘comparative’ claims.
- Multiple elite athlete appeals Advising to the International Court of Arbitration for summer Olympics since 2012.
- A NSW energy provider Representing its interests in a Coronial Inquiry regarding significant bushfires in NSW and a subsequent class action defence and management of subsequent claims.
- Australia’s largest privately owned media corporation Advising in numerous complex multi-party commercial disputes around Australia
